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37:122

إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Innahuma min AAibadina almumineena

Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.

Word by word
  1. إِنَّهُمَاIndeed,both of them
  2. مِنۡ(were) of
  3. عِبَادِنَاOur slaves
  4. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَbelieving
As-Saffat · 37:122Makkah

Their highest title was servant who believes.

What Allah chose to call two great prophets

How they are described
Musa and Harunprophets, leaders, rescuers
called
Our believing servantsthe title Allah chose
What makes someone great
statusrole, rank, results
servanthoodbelief that serves Allah

After listing everything given to Musa and Harun, the rescue, the Book, the good name, the passage closes on one description. They were two of Our believing servants. Not leaders, not victors. Servants. That was the root of all the rest.

Your LinkedIn headline. The title on your door. The way people introduce you at a wedding. You spend years building a name. The one name that lasts is servant of Allah who believes. Everything else is a role you hold for a while.

I will matter once I have the right title.

The best thing that can be said of me is that I believed and served Allah.

Try this

Before your next task, say quietly: I am doing this as Allah's servant. Notice if it changes how you do it.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 37:114)

And, indeed We gave Our grace to Musa and Harun (114)And We saved them and their people from the great distress (115)And helped them, so that they became the victors (116)And We gave them the clear Scripture (117)And guided them to the right path (118)And We left for them among the later generations (119)"Salam (peace!) be upon Musa and Harun! (120)Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good (121)Verily, they were two of Our believing servants (122)

Musa and Harun

Allah tells us how He blessed Musa and Harun with prophethood and how He saved them, along with those who believed, from the oppression of Fir'awn and his people, who had persecuted them by killing their sons and sparing their women, and by forcing them to do the most menial tasks, then ultimately He caused them to prevail over them and to seize their lands and their wealth and all that they had spent their entire lives amassing. Then Allah revealed to Musa the Clear and Mighty Book, which is the Tawrah, as Allah says:

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَاءً

(And indeed We granted to Musa and Harun the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light)(21:48). And Allah says here:

وَآتَيْنَاهُمَا الْكِتَابَ الْمُسْتَبِينَ - وَهَدَيْنَاهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

(And We gave them the clear Scripture; and guided them to the right path.) meaning, with regard to words and deeds.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِمَا فِي الْآخِرِينَ

(And We left for them among the later generations.) means, that after they died they would be mentioned in good terms and spoken of highly. Then Allah explain this further:

سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ - إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(Salam (peace!) be upon Musa and Harun! Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good. Verily, they were two of Our believing servants.)